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The long stone facade of the Palacio da Justica courthouse in Lisbon under an overcast sky, raised on pillars above a car park with young trees in front

When a Creditor Reaches Your Pay or Your Bank Account in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Penhora, the Two-Thirds Rule, the 920 Euro Floor, the Home That Is Reached Last, and the Ten Days to Object

Two thirds of your net pay cannot be taken, protection is floored at one minimum wage and capped at three, and your permanent home is reached last. The remedies are real; almost all of them expire in ten days.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The yellow and white neoclassical facade of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, with cypress trees at either side and a cobbled forecourt

Half of Portugal's Undergraduates Miss Their Own Graduation Date, and the Foreign Student Body Has Quadrupled to Eighty Thousand in Fifteen Years

A Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation analysis puts on-time completion at 51 percent, first-year dropout at 30 percent of the intake, and architecture completion rates anywhere from 2 percent to 42 percent depending on the school.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

The departures concourse at Lisbon's Humberto Delgado airport, seen from below, with a bilingual partidas and departures sign and a terminal 2 direction board

Ten More Cents a Passenger at Lisbon, Thirty-Four at Porto and Faro: ANA's 2027 Charge Proposal Lands Below Inflation in One City and Above It in Two

ANA wants regulated charges up 0.67 percent at Lisbon and about 3.8 percent at Porto and Faro from January. Annex 12 of the concession explains the gap: the Lisbon cap carries four adjustment terms the other two do not.

The Portugal Brief 07 Sep 2026

A street corner in Porto: a blue and white azulejo-tiled building with iron balconies and shopfronts at street level, on a cobbled square.

Right of First Refusal in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Direito de Preferência, the Thirty Days a Tenant Gets and the Eight Everyone Else Gets, the 15 Euro Notice That Clears the State, and the Six Months to Sue

A tenant of more than two years, a co-owner, a neighbouring farmer and the municipality can each take a Portuguese property off the buyer who agreed to it, at the price the buyer agreed. Here is who holds the right, in what order, and how long each one has.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

Maria João Pires at a Steinway grand piano on a concert platform, playing in front of empty orchestral chairs and music stands.

Maria João Pires Stopped Performing Last November and Has Opened a Piano Academy: 500 Euros an Online Lesson, 800 a Day at Belgais

The announcement was reported as a cultural item. The booking page, which was not, carries three prices, a 4 percent cancellation fee and an internet speed requirement that will quietly exclude a good part of the Portuguese interior.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

The apron at Lajes Field on Terceira in the Azores: tanker aircraft and fighter jets parked beside the runway, with grassland and the Atlantic beyond.

The Lajes Agreement Everyone Cites Was Signed 75 Years Ago and Repealed in 1995, and the Text That Replaced It Opens a Narrower Door Than Most People Assume

Portugal and the United States signed the Lajes defence agreement on 6 September 1951. Article XI of the 1995 accord repealed it by name. The text now in force rolls over every year, and it sorts American requests into three categories with very different answers.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

The blue facade of the Palacio da Conceicao in Ponta Delgada, seat of the Azorean regional government, framed by two tall palm trees with a bare flagpole in front of the entrance.

Fifty Years Ago on Tuesday the Azores Swore In a Government of Their Own, and the Argument It Started Is Still About Money

The first Azorean government took office on 8 September 1976, four days after the assembly elected that June, under a 33-year-old Mota Amaral. Fifty years on the design has held and the funding has not, and a working group has eighteen months to rewrite the regional finances law.

The Portugal Brief 06 Sep 2026

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